This is K.M. Wyland and you are listening to the 478th episode of the Helping Writers Become Authors Podcast.

It's time for me to take a break from actively outlining my work in progress and start transcribing my notes.

I always do this intermittently throughout the outlining process, usually about the time that I

start getting so overwhelmed by the bulk of information that I can no longer

can no longer keep track of it all.

When I start having to constantly flip back

through the pages of my notebook

to try to remember what I decided about such and such a scene and how it will affect other

scenes I'm still working on. I know it's time to take a break. I'm past due this time around.

I've got an entire notebook to transcribe, which is going to take me a while.

I hate taking that big break from the active outline, but it's just necessary sometimes.

One of the reasons I've been holding off is because I've been hoping to make it to the cooler

weather.

I've been enjoying writing outside in the evenings so much that I hate to miss it.

The evenings are starting to get ever so slightly shorter, but there's still plenty of good

writing time out there.

Still I can hold off no longer so it's inside I go to the computer to

transcribe all the goodies I've collected so far. And now I hope you enjoy this week's podcast, 10 ways to write excellent dialogue.

For many people, dialogue is the heartbeat of fiction, as arguably the only true form of showing in written fiction.

It offers an inexhaustible source of energy for dramatizing characters, catalyzing

conflict, and enhancing every available opportunity for entertainment.

That's why it's so important to take full advantage of dialogue.

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